Events Search and Views Navigation
Events List Navigation
January 2021
February 2021
LIGMINCHA TEXAS PREPARES FOR LOSAR, YEAR OF THE IRON OX 2021
Losar, which in Tibetan means “new year,” is celebrated widely by Tibetans and Tibetan Bön and Buddhist centers throughout the world. This is the time to reflect on the passing of the old year and face the possibilities of the New Year. Losar will be celebrated on Saturday, February 13, 2021, at 8:00 am CST. This will be held jointly with Ligmincha International and with Ligmincha Texas. Please join us via Zoom for our Losar activities. Geshe Denma Gyaltsen will offer…
Tonpa Shenrab Miwoche’s 18,038th Birth Anniversary and Nyame Sherap Gyaltsen’s 365th Birth Anniversary
Tonpa Shenrab Miwoche’s 18,038th Birth Anniversary and Nyame Sherap Gyaltsen’s 365th Birth Anniversary on Tuesday, February 16, 2021, at 11:00 am Central Standard Time (CST) with Ligmincha International via Zoom We will celebrate the birth anniversary of Buddha Tonpa Shenrab Miwoche, (16,017 BC to 7,817 BC) the founder of the Yungdrung Bön and the birth anniversary of the second Buddha of Yungdrung Bön, Nyame Sherap Gyaltsen (1356 to 1415), first Abbot and founder of Menri Monastery, the mother monastery of Bön…
Rainbow Phowa and the Lightning Flash of the Dzogchen View of the Bardo Part 3
In this one-day retreat, Geshe Denma Gyaltsen will explain The Lightning Flash of the Dzögchen View Bardo thangka in more detail. We will practice the Rainbow Phöwa together and have time to share signs and results of the practice that we have experienced in our individual practice that we learned in Part 2. Finally, Geshe la will answer any practice questions we have encountered. You can ask and clarify any concerns or doubts to help us to understand and develop…
March 2021
Ligmincha Texas Healing Practice for World Peace
COVID-19 has completely changed the world. This past year has been difficult and most challenging. Now, it is starting to get better and better. We can fight the virus by continuing to follow COVID-19 precautions (e.g. wearing a mask, physical distancing, getting a vaccine), doing prayers, and practicing to meet this challenging time. If we do this, it will end soon. We cannot blame anyone for the virus. No one has made this virus, this kind of disease comes and…
May 2021
The Ma Gyud: Teaching of the Bön Mother Tantra Part 1
The Bön Mother Tantra is one of the first translated texts from Zhang Zhung into Tibetan. Before it was translated from Tibetan, it was translated into five languages. Originally written earlier, the text was hidden in the 8th century. It was discovered as a terma by Guru Nön tse in the 11th century. There are three parts of the Mother Tantra: 1) How to practice the development stage; 2) How to practice the generation and perfection stages; 3) How to…